A Pompeian Lady by John William Godward

A Pompeian Lady c1904 by British Painter John William Godward (1861 - 1922); who's career spanned the end of the Neo-Classical era. He also painted in the Symbolism, Aestheticism and Academic Art Movement Styles This is a beautiful and alluring portrait of a young woman of the Pompeian era relaxing on a tiger skin covered marble bench on her balcony that over looks a landscape of tall trees, the sea and a mountain on the opposite side. The balcony is composed of a white marble ledge that has a large column on that has a column composed of a flat square base, a circular on top, and a beautiful multicolored column; part of which is covered by a large maroon coloured drape that is placed behind her face. On the young ladies red hair is a series of silver straps that make up a headdress which ties her bundled hair back, and complement the two orange straps with black geometric patterns on them that cross over each other at her back, holding her sheer blue robe or gown in place, which has three buttons on the upper arm portion of the short sleeves. The teal blue colour of her dress is nicely contrasted with the slightly darker colour of the water and the light blue sky, that transitions down to a misty white hue, highlighting the mountains we see in the distance.